- 기간: 1 Day (approx.)
- 상품 코드: tariday
Tari Day Tour - Cultural, Nature, and Wildlife Tour - 1 Day Tour from Tari
Tari Cultural, Nature, and Wildlife Tours
Full day tour of Tari Valley, jungles and highland nature spots, and incredible (best in the world) bird-watching, villages and cultural spots. Tari is one of the most alive vestiges of PNG before foreigners ever set foot inside, and it isn't surprising to see plenty of tribesmen wearing native dress and natural ornaments of grass and leaves in their hair and bodies. Hairstyles and wigs are about the most outrageous on earth in the Tari Gap area, and many men proudly display these like peacocks. Moving on to the other colorful fauna, spot (if the weather is good, you arrived early enough, and you are very lucky) 13 species of the elusive Birds of Paradise, that live up in the Tari Gap and valleys spanning Ambua to Makara to Lakwanda, among 160 total endemic special species of blazingly colorful birds you may chance upon, a lost world of beautiful flora and plants, as well as 26 different technicolor species of orchids growing wild in the forest. After lunch, visit the Huli Wigmen and their dancing and traditions. End at the hotel for dinner.
Today's breakdown:
After breakfast in the morning at 8 am, we will trek out for tours to,
- Dama spirit memorial cave hiking and Cave visit which has several stories will be explain in detail by the village guide.
We will spend an hour there and will trek back to the lodge dancing field for cultural activities which we will see and witness,
Huli young girls initiation which they will perform a unique cultural sing-sing with dancing after their first Menstruation period which will be conducted by their mothers.
After the girls’ initiation, we will see and witness the famous Hulli Wigman sing-sing and dancing starting from,
Traditional dressing
Traditional face painting
And will see the Hulli Wigman traditional sing-sing and dancing with their Dwarf Kundu drum .
After these tours we will short walk back to the lodge and will drop of for rest and dinner. (lunch will be served in between 2 tours)
- Day 1: I am warmly greeted by David Kima, who recounts the story and conservation movement of Hogave. We arrive in the middle of the local village mourning of a recently deceased member, a very rare and local experience, totally unplanned. After 3 hours of very rocky road driving, I arrive at the Hogave Conservation Centre welcomed by two villagers who performed a traditional wind instrument that very few locals can play, and incredibly, I become only the second (or third) tourist ever to stay here.
- Day 2: I trek through a truly "virgin" rain forest, one of very few remaining in the world (Congo, Amazon, and PNG), guided by three locals bushwhacking the way with machetes, climb a very wild and steep mountain side equivalent of 200 floors (according to my iPhone) to become the first tourist to reach the top of Mt. Michael. (The way down in the pouring rain was our least favorite moment.) As someone who has summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, I can truthfully say this was a much more challenging level of difficulty - There the most I've climbed in one day was 134 floors, 3-4 hours max, with a different day dedicated to a descent, but in Michael, it was 200 floor, up and down in one day, for 10-12 hours, with far steeper and unpaved paths without camps. This hike/trek is only for the fittest of the fit!
- Day 3: I become the first tourist to visit and stay overnight at Hogave Village, an isolated and remote hour-and-a-half walk from HCC, and join the villagers in peeling potatoes and taro, preparing, and eating mumu. I stay overnight with David (another David) and his family.
- Day 4: I join the villagers gathered to enjoy a traditional hunting performance
- Day 5: I get cellular reception for the first time since I arrive in PNG and get to upload and share my first batch of photos with my friends. https://www.facebook.com/grace.forker.7/media_set?set=a.837672754956.1073741876.3501655&type=3
- Day 1: I ride a local bus (!) with my guide Pauline Puipui to Ratavul where I visit to stay with her family. I visit the local beach, listen to the stories of Pauline's parents, and join them for dinner which is mumu with the biggest giant claims I've ever seen in my life! I stay overnight at an authentic hut and bed made of woven coconut leaves.
- Day 2: I try weaving coconut leaves, scraping coconuts, etc. in preparing mumu that we enjoy with the family and neighbors, then string together local currency of shells. https://www.facebook.com/grace.forker.7/media_set?set=a.836154502546.1073741875.3501655&type=3
- Day 3: I am amazed by the first day of Mask Festival with the early morning Kinavai and nighttime Baining Fire Dance. https://www.facebook.com/grace.forker.7/media_set?set=a.837870833006.1073741880.3501655&type=3 In between during the day, I snorkel and sail with dolphins on the way to/from Duke of York Islands where I explore and picnic at the beach. https://www.facebook.com/grace.forker.7/media_set?set=a.836148634306.1073741874.3501655&type=3
- Days 4-5: More amazing moments at the Festival
- Day 6: I climb to the top Mt Tavurvur volcano and explore Rabaul, including the Japanese bunker and barge tunnels, and Rabaul Museum/Rabaul Hotel. What a history! https://www.facebook.com/grace.forker.7/media_set?set=a.837875388876.1073741881.3501655&type=3
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